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St. Luke's University Health Network aligned its cancer community needs assessment (CNA) with its network Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) to achieve measurable goals.
This article clarifies the role that community needs assessments play in helping oncology programs achieve or maintain accreditation while also creating effective programs and outreach strategies that respond to identified cancer care needs in the community
At the Edward and Marie Matthews Center for Cancer Care, Plainsboro, N.J., the process for developing and implementing psychosocial distress screening began in January 2013.
Care coordination and communication between and among providers are among the core tenets of the National Committee for Quality Assurance’s (NCQA’s) evaluation program for specialty practices: Patient-Centered Specialty Practice (PCSP).
Advanced practice nurses (APNs) are integral members of the multidisciplinary cancer team that provide care for this chronic patient population.
Research has demonstrated the importance of symptom management and the optimization of the health and comfort of patients undergoing cancer therapy, resulting in improved function and quality of life (QOL).
A generation ago cancer care consisted of diagnosis, active treatment, and resigned palliation. Today, advances in cancer care have increased the number of people surviving a cancer diagnosis leading to a new dimension of care—cancer survivorship.
Many community cancer programs do not have the infrastructure, institutional resources, or qualified personnel to carry out the myriad tasks involved in accruing and maintaining patients on cancer clinical trials.
At ACCC member Southside Regional Medical Center, an oncology nurse navigator heads up navigation and psychosocial services, including partnering with a local community agency to help meet high referral and patient demand.
In a day and age when multi-tasking is becoming the norm, cancer registrars are doing far more than case-finding, abstracting, and follow-up.
Read how GW Cancer Institute developed national, consensus-based core competencies for oncology patient navigators and a corresponding online training module to equip navigators with the knowledge and skills needed to perform their roles effectively and efficiently.